The Pulpit – Rev. William Croswell, D.D. – the Bard of Boston

By Mark Hurwitz

Rev. William Croswell served as Minister of Old North Church from 1829-40. He was not married and he did not have any family who attended the church. It’s possible that Croswell never owned a pew, but we do know he preached from our beautiful wine glass pulpit. During his lifetime, he immensely enjoyed writing. He composed nearly 35 sonnets and seventy poems before he died in 1851. A few years after leaving the Old North Church, he wrote a Christmas poem about his fond memories of Christ Church.